Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PYRE
pyre, funeral pyre
(noun) wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pyre (plural pyres)
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
Any heap or pile of combustibles.
Anagrams
• prey, rype
Source: Wiktionary
Pyre, n. Etym: [L. pure, Gr. Fire.]
Definition: A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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